Children's nurses provide care for children and young people with health problems.
£30,000 - £45,000
37 to 39 a week (between 8am and 6pm)
You'll need:
You'll need to:
You can get into this job through a university course or an apprenticeship.
You can do a degree in children's nursing approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You might be able to study another area of nursing alongside children's nursing on some degree courses.
You might be able to join the second year of a nursing degree if you already have a degree in:
Full-time courses usually take 3 years.
You'll usually need:
You might be able to apply for a Registered Nurse Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship, if you work in a healthcare setting like a hospital.
The degree apprenticeship takes around 4 years and is a mix of academic study and on-the-job training.
You'll need the support of your employer to do a degree apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
You might find it helpful to get some paid or voluntary experience in healthcare before you apply for nurse training. It might also be useful to have experience working with children or young people.
You can find advice about how to become a children's nurse from the Royal College of Nursing and Health Careers.
In this role you could:
You could work in an NHS or private hospital, at a hospice, at a children's care home, at a GP practice or at a health centre.
Your working environment may be physically and emotionally demanding.
You may need to wear a uniform.
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